Certainly not a Rhoads apologist here, but I've heard rumors within the program that some of the personal issues have come about because of MM's percieved lack of professionalism. Like Mangino showing up 45 mins. late on gameday to the coaches meetings. Story goes that Rhoads laid into him in front of everyone and Mangino came back at CPR with a shot at his record. May not be all true but take all that fwiw. What I have heard that is more than just hearsay is that Mangino is the one who wanted to keep Richardson in the last few weeks, which is what many others have been saying. Paul has said since MM got here that he would have complete control of the offense, and Mangino wants to run a spread attack using short quick passes. Sturdy and Rhoads realize that the only thing this offense does well is run the ball, and Lanning makes them more productive doing that. I was surprised to hear that Rhoads supposedly wants a run heavy attack with more throws downfield, which surprises me since we haven't really seen that under him. Either way, I think it's also a sign that CPR AND Mangino both know that they'll both be out of a job by year's end without a major change, and one or both decided that it would happen their way or the highway. So if Rhoads gets fired, he's going to go out playing his QB, and running an offense he thinks is better this year, or Mangino decided if this guy is gonna meddle in my system then I'm gonna leave since I'll be gone at the end of the year anyway.
